Selenite

Cleansing  •  Peace  •  Purity  •  Spiritual Connection

Selenite gets its name from the Greek Goddess Selene, the Goddess of the Moon.  It helps us connect to our spiritual and magical self, to our Spirit Guides, Guardian Angels, or whoever we want to connect to for protection and guidance.

Selenite cleanses our mind, body and soul, it can be used to cleanse any aspect of your life, physical, emotional or spiritual, and helps remove toxic influence out of your life.  It repels negativity, abuse, criticism and insults like water off a ducks back and helps us to stop listening and taking on board anything that doesn’t serve us.  It removes anything that holds us back.

Selenite brings peace and light to a person, space or situation.  Once a space is cleansed you have removed negative energies but created a vacuum for new energy, which means negative energy can slowly creep back in. Selenite acts like an air purifier for energy, it cleanses and removes negative energy and attracts peace and positive energy. Place Selenite in the corners of your home to create an energy grid for peace, quiet and protection.

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HISTORY and OVERVIEW

"Selenite" is accurately the rarer, more expensive, transparent variety of Gypsum that forms in crystal or crystalline masses but is commonly a name used interchangeably with Gypsum.  Gypsum is the family name given to a group of crystals

Most retailers market, name what is correctly called Satin Spar, "Selenite".  The majority of customers who ask for "Selenite" are looking for Satin Spar, the white or orange fibrous calcite.  Similarly people will talk about Desert Rose as a form of Selenite, whereas technically it is a form of Gypsum.  In our website we will refer to Satin Spar as "Selenite", as that is what it is known as / most commonly called.  And we refer to, what is technically Selenite, as True Selenite.  

Selenite gets its name from the Greek Goddess Selene, the Goddess of the Moon.  

Some of the largest crystals ever found are of Selenite, the largest being 12 metres long and 55 tonnes, found in the Cave of the Crystals, Naica Mine, Mexico being 12 metres long and weighing 55 tons.

 

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

EMOTIONAL

  • Cleanses away grudges, ill feelings and low vibration feelings
  • Clears confusion and scattered thoughts
  • Brings clarity of mind
  • Stabilises our mood and emotions
  • Helps us to stop listening and taking on board anything that doesn’t serve us
  • Helps us to see the bigger picture


SPIRITUAL

  • Brings calm and peace
  • Repels negativity, abuse, criticism and insults like water off a ducks back
  • Removes anything that holds us back
  • Cleanses our mind, body and soul, it can be used to cleanse any aspect of your life, physical, emotional or spiritual
  • Removes toxic influence from our lives  
  • Accesses Angelic realms for guidance and our life plan
  • Useful for scrying and accessing insight into the past and future
Ever feel down and aren’t quite sure why?  Or been with someone or a situation that has lowered your energy?  Use a Selenite Wand to sweep over your body (about 5cm away from you) to remove and purify any negative attachments. 



PHYSICAL

  • Breast feeding
  • Epilepsy
  • Flexibility, to increase 
  • Pain, reduces
  • Spinal column, alignment


ENVIRONMENTAL

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FACTS

HEALTH RISKS:  None known, you should always treat mineral specimens with care.

APPEARANCE and VARIATIONS

COLOURS:   White, colourless, brown green, brownish yellow, greenish, gray green, gray white

DIAPHANEITY:  Translucent - transparent

CRYSTAL FAMILY:    

                                   Mineral
                                       ↓
                             Sulfate Mineral
                                       ↓
                     Calcium Sulfated Hydrate
                                       ↓
                          Gypsum ("True Selenite")
                                       ↓
Satin Spar ("Selenite"), Desert Rose (Gypsum Flower)


FORMATION:  Selenites grow at an incredibly slow rate, equivalent to the thickness of one hair every 100 years!

CRYSTAL SYSTEM:  Monoclinic  

CRYSTAL CLASS:  

CRYSTAL HABIT:  

  • Acicular 
  • Banded
  • Blades
  • Botryoidal
  • Cactus
  • Fibrous veins
  • Grainy
  • Lenticular
  • Massive
  • Prismatic
  • Ram horns
  • Rosette
  • Scaly
  • Tabular 
  • Twin (fishtail, swallowtail) 

Crystals can be enormous, Gypsum crystals are the largest crystals ever found on earth.

CHEMICAL FORMULA: CaSO4·2H2O. 

HARDNESS: 2 on the Mohs scale

ORIGIN:   Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand (Nelson, Waikato, Wellington),  Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain,  Sweden, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Wales, USA, Zimbabwe
 

GENERAL

CHAKRA:  Crown, Higher Crown and Soul Star Chakras

BIRTHSTONE:  

ZODIAC:  Taurus

ANNIVERSARY:  

VIBRATION:  8

PLANETS:   Moon

ESSENTIAL OILS:  Sage, White Lotus

CLEANSING: Selenite is such a strong cleanser it doesn’t need cleansing itself and is able to cleanse and charge other crystals. Simply place other crystals on a selenite slab or bowl, or between two pieces of Selenite to cleanse and charge them.

CARE:  Selenite doesn’t like water; it will lose its shine and eventually crumble.  Place Selenite under a glass of water, or grid around a jug of water, to create an elixir.  Never put Selenite in water.  



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